Gebroken spiegels
Marleen Gorris / NL, 1984 / 105 min.
Marleen Gorris' feminist feature film cleverly combines two stories: a realistic drama and a thriller. The fate of a prostitute and a woman locked in a cellar prove tied. At the time, Gorris’ vision of male sexual exploitation and violence against women was viewed as shocking. Digital restoration.
Madam Ellen and her prostitutes at sex club Happy House receive their John’s and a first-timer has her first experience as a sex worker. At the same time a housewife is kidnapped and locked in a cellar. It slowly becomes apparent how much these women’s fates are tied.
The digital restoration of Broken Mirrors (Gebroken spiegels) can be watched at home via the Eye Film Player.
Details
Director
Marleen Gorris
Production year
1984
Country
NL
Original title
Gebroken spiegels
Length
105 min.
Language
Dutch
Subtitles
NONE
Format
DCP
Part of
Eye Classics
Eye’s collection includes a wealth of classics. We screen them regularly, in various programmes. Eye now brings film history even closer with its new series Eye Classics: three classics a week, chosen by Eye's programmers. On the big screen, screened in 35mm whenever possible.
Podcast
In this episode of Op de vijfde rij..., Cesar Majorana follows the restoration of Gebroken spiegels (Broken Mirrors) (1984), a feminist classic about sex workers and the second feature film by the later Oscar winner Marleen Gorris, to investigate what such a resurrection of a film entails.
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